Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

7 reviews

katerina_l's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Excrement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Infidelity, Misogyny, Drug use, Body shaming, Classism, Death of parent, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Grief, Gore, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Stalking, Medical content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Body horror, and Sexual harassment

sestout's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Gore, Alcohol, Suicide, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Violence, Cursing, Sexual content, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gun violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Addiction, Gaslighting, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Bullying, Dysphoria, Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Eating disorder, Ableism, and Abandonment

danapratt's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Dysphoria, and Panic attacks/disorders

hifrench's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Beagin’s style of writing reminds me of Tom Robbins and I’m so grateful for that. Sarcastic, dry, crass, and a little distracted. I love the rabbit-holes she goes into throughout the book, overly describing a scene or thoughts of the main character. Sometimes too many details, but they set the scene and tended to make my laugh. Definitely some darkness with the therapy transcriptions and life of the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Violence

dexkit10's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Addiction, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Violence

hschlecht's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Cursing, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Homophobia

toffishay's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I found this book engaging, but in a strange way, it also didn't really jump out to me. A lot of it washed over me. Greta is an interesting, conflicting character and the relationship at the center was so strange, that I had to keep reading. But it was also gone from me once I set the book down. I could see other folks really connecting with this though. I think if you really liked My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, then you would really like this one too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, Blood, Infidelity, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Stalking

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, Suicide, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Sexism, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Hate crime, Grief, Excrement, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Addiction, and Classism